Asagena is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833.[2]

Asagena
Asagena phalerata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Asagena
Sundevall, 1833[1]
Type species
A. phalerata
(Panzer, 1801)
Species

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Species

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As of May 2020 it contains nine species, found in North America, Europe, Asia, and Algeria:[1]

In synonymy:

  • A. amurica Strand, 1907 = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)
  • A. nesiotes = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884)
  • A. parvula = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884)
  • A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)
  • A. phalerata = Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)
  • A. venusta = Asagena fulva (Keyserling, 1884)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Asagena Sundevall, 1833". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  2. ^ Sundevall, C. J. (1833). Conspectus Arachnidum. Londini Gothorum, pp. pp. 1–39.